Side bearing for roll necks



' May 19, 1925.

w. EVANS ET AL SIDE BEARING FOR ROLL NECKS Filed Aug; 15. 1923 Patented May 19, 1925.

UN TED WILLIAM ANS AND ADD s N-BARR, or M RTINs FnnRY, OHIO, ASSIGNOBS or ONE-TENTH T0 JQSEPH L. CHRISTMYER'; o1? BELLAIKE, OHIO, AND mnannrnnrns To GEORGE cooxn, or MARTIINS FERRY, QHIO.

SIDE BEARING FOR ROLL Application filed August 15, serial 11o,

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, VILLIAM EvANs and ADDISON BARR, citizens of the United States of America, and residents of Martins Ferry, in the county of Belmont and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side Bearings for Roll Necks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to side bearings for rolls, and it has for its primary object tov provide a side bearing for the necks of rolling mill rolls having its inner face recessed to provide an inclined channel for receiving water which is applied to the roll neck for cooling purposes and whereby the water so received is directed laterally away from the roll housing.

A further object is to provide, in association with the side bearing mentioned, a trough into which the waste water directed outward by said side bearing is drained and by which said water is prevented from coming into contact with the neck of the lower r0 In describing the invention in detail, reference is herein had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end elevation of the invention, illustrating its application, and- Figure 2 is a perspective View of the side bearing.

Referring to said drawings, 1 and 2 indicate the necks of the upper and lower rolls 3 and 4, respectively, of a set of rolls, and 5 indicates one of the housings for said rolls. Seated as ordinarily in recesses provided therefor in the housing 5 are side bearings 6 and 7 by which the upper roll neck 1 is engaged and by which the roll 3 is maintained in proper alinement.

The side bearing 7 located on the front side of the roll neck 1 consists of a plate which is of substantially rectangular panel form and has its inner end 7 disposed angularly with respect to the body thereof for interlocking with the housing 5 in such manner as to prevent longitudinal outwardly sliding movement of said side bearing. Provided in the inner, or neck-engaging, face of said bearing 7 is a shallow recess 8 of triangular form, two sides of the triangle being coincident with the planes of the top edge and the outer end, respectively, of said bearing, and the third side being inclined downward and outward from a point located in the top edge moreor less closely adjacent to the i'nner end of the bearing to a point in the outer end located approximately midway between the top and bottom edges of said bearing.

Said recess 8 is designed to receive therein water which is applied over the top of the roll neck 1 for cooling purposes. The Water so received passes down the inclined bottom surface 8 of said recess and discharges from the latter into an inclined conductor trough 9 of sheet metal which is located below said neck 1 and by which said water is conducted to a suitable point for discharging outside the housing 5, preventing said water from draining upon the neck 2 of the lower roll 4. Said trough as herein shown is detachabl mounted upon the housing between the roll necks, hooks 10 formed on said trough being disposed in engagement with support-ing bolts or studs 11 carried by said housing.

What is claimed is 1. A side bearing comprising, in combination with a roll neck, a substantially rectangular plate for seating in bearing relation to a side of said neck, said plate having in its inner face a recess provided with a downwardly and outwardly inclined bot tom surface, said recess being adapted to collect and direct outwardly water which drains from said roll neck.

2. A side bearing for roll necks, comprising a substantially rectanglar plate for seat ing in bearing relation to a side of such neck, said plate having in its inner face a recess provided with a downwardly and outwardly inclined bottom surface, said recess being adapted to receive water borne by said neck and to conduct said water outward, and a trough disposed to receive water which drains from said recess and to discharge the same at a point remote from the neck of an underlying roll.

3. A side bearing comprising, in combination with a roll neck, a substantially rectangular plate for seating in bearing relation to a side of said neck, said plate having in its inner face a recess of substantially triangular form, two sides of said triangular recess being coincident with the planes of the top edge and the outer end, respectively, of said plate, and the third side or bottom of said recess being inclined downwardly and outwardly for directing outward water which enters said recess from the roll neck.

4c. A side bearing comprising, in combina tion with a roll neck, a substantially rectangular plate for seating in bearing relation to a side of said neck, said plate having in its inner face a recess of substantially triangular form, two sides of said triangular recess being coincident with the planes of the top edge and the outer end, respectively, of said plate, and the third side or bottom of said recess being inclined downwardly and outwardly for directing outward water 15 which enters said recess from the roll neck, and a trough disposed on the housing for receiving water directed outward from said recess and for conveying said water away from the housing.

In testimony whereof we afiix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM EVANS. ADDISON BARR.

Witnesses:

H. E. DUNLAP, W. B. WOOD. 

